Beer-pipe and beer-coil cleaner.



M. E. RAY.

BEER PIPE AND BEER COIL CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED Ju'LY 6.1914. 1,151,968. 111611161111111. 31,1915.

a?. nim@ MQ/MM COLUMBIA PLANDORAPH C0., WASHINGTN. D. C.

'b nTTnn sTaTns TaTnivT onirica.

MILES E. RAY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 PETER LKANQDREWS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BEER-'PIPE AND Bnnrtoorr. CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent. '.Paftentd Aug. 31, 1915.

Application filed July 6, 1914. `Serial No. 849,017.

To f7/Z whom it may concern Be it known that I, MILES E. RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Beer-Pipe and Beer-Coil Cleaner, of which the following is a specilication. y

My'invention relates to a beer-barrel tappipe and a beer-coil cleaner and has Jfor its object to provide a device or' the kind, connected to asource of. hot or cold water, or both, having a reservoir for cleaning solution and a Water inlet-valve so arranged, that by inserting a tap-pipe into the reservoir, the inlet-valve is opened and maintained open until the tap-pipe is withdrawn, said inlet-valve being arranged for opening by side thrust from the tap-pipe and being spring loaded for closing, is adapted to bear against the side of the-tap-pipe, thereby preventing the tap-pipe being blown from the reservoir by pressurev of the inlet water.

The objects of my invention are accomplished as hereinafter described and illus trated inthe drawings, in which- 1 Figure 1, is a vertical section of my device,

with the tappipe removed and the inletvalve closed, and Fig. 2, is a like section, showing a tap-pipe inserted into the reser voir and the inlet-valve opened by the pipe.

rlhe device has a bottom casting 1, which is provided with an annular top flange 2 of suitable diameter and concentric thereto, with a central through bore 3. Said bottom is further provided witha side boss 4, the free end 5 oi' which is externally threaded and is centrally counter-bored to `iorm a valveseat 6. From the valve seat, said boss is provided with differentiating bores 7 and 8 respectively, of which the bore 8, is eX- tended to intersect the bore 3, the bore 7 being intersected by a port 9, opening at the top of the casting within the area inipounded by the flange 2.

10 designates a T body, threaded to the side boss 4 and being provided with a tapped boss 11, is adapted for coupling to a source of water supply under pressure. The outer preferably a glass cylinder of suitable height and oa diameter to enter within the `flange 2erE the bottom casting. The top 18, is also provided with a flange 19,(adapted to receive the top of the cylinder. The top 18, is furc ther. provided with a central boss 20, depending from the body of the top andis inter.- nally threaded to form a socket 21. Y

22 designates a ledge above the socket,

Yadapted to provide a `support for a combore Soif the bottom casting. The free end of the central tube 30 is threaded to receive a cap 81' by means ofivhi'eh, top, cylinder, and bottom are held assembled. 33 and 34 are gaskets interposed respectively between the cylinder and the top, and between the cylinder and the bottom, and 36 is a gasket interposed between the bottom and the cap. lfirhen the top, cylinder, and the bottom are thus assembled, the bore 8 is extendedy through the wall of the tube 30. The latter is further pierced above the bottom 1, With ports 37. The valve 38 has a stem 39 which extends through bores 7 Tand 8 and through the wall of the tube 80, being guided by the bore 8, and is provided at its inner end with hardened steel tip 39. The valve 88 has also a stem 40, which extends into the T body and provides a support for the closing spring 41. The adjustable compression of the spring is accomplished by mounting one end of the spring upon a shoulder 42, integral with the stem 43, threaded only in the bore 14, of the cap 12, the free end of said stem being provided with a knob 44.

45 and 46 designate packing for the respective ends of the T body and 47 designates gland-packing for the stem 43. The

areas of the respective bores through Which the tap-pipe 48- is inserted are such as to permit free movement of the tap-pipe.

In operation, the device is coupled by its T to a source of water, under pressure. A

cleansing solution may be introduced into the cylinder through the bore in the Winged nut. A tap-pipe, the end 49 of which is pointed, is then pushed through the bore in the Winged nut, expanding the packing 23 in the boss 25 until the movement of the pipe unseats the inlet-valve and permits the Water under pressure to displace the solution in the cylinder' through the ports 50 in the tap-pipe. Said pipe is non7 held in place by spring pressure of the valve stem upon the side of the tap-pipe, which pressure eiieets a dis-alinement of the pipe Within the stem `and causes an effective binding of the tappipe Within the bore of the tubular stein and thereby prevents the pipe being forced out as a piston from said tubular stem. The cleansing solution is thus forced through the tap-pipe, cooling coil and bar-fixture not shown, followed by clean Water.

What I claim is,

1. Abeer-pipe and beer-coil cleaner, consisting of an assembled reservoir for clean ing solution, said reservoir comprising a cylinder, a top, a bottom and a. tubular downstem adapted to couple said parts, and having al tap-pipe opening provided with a packing-gland a bottom Water chamber With Water supply, said Water chamber being provided with an out-let port into' said reser voir, ports from said reservoir into the tu bular down-stem, a valve controlling the outlet `from the Water-chamber into the reservoir, having a stem extending into the tube, and being spring pressed to seat and adapted, when the tap-pipe is inserted into the down tube to bear against the tap-pipe and displace said pipe for locking.

2. A beer-pipe and beer-coil cleaner, con` sisting of an assembled reservoir for cleansing solution, said reservoir Comprising a cylinder, a top, a bottom, and a tubular down-stem adapted to couple said parts, and having a tap-pipe opening provided with a packing-gland; a bottom Water chamber with Water supply, said Water chamber being provided With an out-let port into said reservoir, ports from said reservoir into the tubular down-stem, a vvalve controlling the outlet from the ivaterchamber into the reservoir, having a stem extending into the tube, being spring pressed to seat and adapted, When the tap-pipe is inserted into the down-tube to bear against the tap-pipe and displace said pipe for locking, and means to adjust the spring pressure upon the'valve and the tap-pipe.

In Witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24: dav of June 1914.

MILES E. RAY. i [L Sq Witnesses ELLA BRACKNEY, N. S. BRACKNEY.

C'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

